i will be travelling for about 20 hours with bubs on a plane. 15 hour international stretch and then another 5 hours domestic. how do you sterilise bottles on the plane??? i will be taking 4 bottles to use for the journey. i have purchased those microwave sterilising bags. do planes have normal microwave ovens? or should i bring those sterilising tablets and a big ziplock bag?
also how and where do you wash out the bottles? do you need to bring your own bottle detergent?
any advice from experienced flyers?!!
(btw bubs is 5 months, so i think everything still needs to be sterilised)
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I'm not so sure you need to sterilize, but I know the planes have extreemly hot water and that should do the trick. I have never sterilized any of my sons bottles and he is 13 months now. He does use the Playtex drop in bottles - they sell them in HK at Babies R Us and Eugene Club. Then you only have to worry about the nipples being clean and you could just bring one bottle with a supply of inserts and nipples. If you are using powdered formula that could be easy because you can get the water on the plane - they have bottled water.
I understand your desire to keep your baby germ free, but chances are that on a long plane ride like that he's going to catch some sort of bug - so bring along some Tylenol or Motrin.
Good Luck with the flight, I know it's challenging with a baby!
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Hi, what I did was bring about 6 bottles. Agree with TeachAH that the plane has extremely hot water which would be ok. There's hardly any room for you in those small loos to clean the bottle, so I highly suggest you bring enough to last you on the long stretch.
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JUST wondering... do you HAVE to travel that many hours with you baby? I can't imagine! I was NEVER brave enough to do long haul flights with my babies.. hence, I still haven't gone back to Canada since they are born! Maybe next year!
I think the BEST thing to do is get he Playtex Drop ins. They are light, flat, and you don't have to sterilize. Just have to have the nipples ready. So you just need to have 6 rings, and one holder, and as many bags as you need. It's disposable, and handy!
good luck.
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Nula
18 yrs ago
I just sterilised bottles on a flight about 3 weeks ago. I took a small amount of washing up liquid with me washed the bottles in the basin, rinsed with their hot water. The crew gave me one of their large water jugs and I just used half a milton tab in it. The milton solution was stronger than normal so I just rinsed the bottles again under the hot water. The crew kept the jug in the galley for me whilst the bottles sterilised (about 15 mins). Was not an issue with them.
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mrsl
18 yrs ago
You can buy Steri-bottles in Mothercare. They are disposable pre-sterilised single use bottles that come individually wrapped. I always bring a few extra in case of delays or an extra thirsty baby.
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I would go with the disposable ones as well.
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the playtex drop ins sound perfect but i just went to bumps to babes and found out that they only suit platex bottles/teats. my bub's uses avent bottles. however they told me that playtex has an adaptor that "might" be able to fit the avent teat. has anyone tried this? is there any way to get any disposable bottle liners for the avent bottles?
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i would bring enough bottles for the entire flight. e.g if your kid will drink about 4 bottles in 20 hours, i would bring 6 on board. if not, i think someone told me before that avent does disposable sterile bottles.
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The world health organisation recommends that you sterilise bottles used for milk until a baby is 12 months. The reason being that milk is a breathing ground for bacteria. You could however bring an extra sterised bottle over an above your predicted amount - in case of an emergency.
If you are using one for water only then washing this well in hot water and detergent should be fine. If you bring a milton tablet in case of an emergency then you can get a bowl or a jug with water add the milton tablet which may need to be halved or quatered depending on volume and you can sterilise this in 15-20 mins
In my experience and I have flown a lot with a small baby no airoplane has a microwave just ovens.
Changing bottles teeths for the flight only could end in tears and I would definetely trial this before you go
Good luck with your travels!!
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The playtex holder and teats are not expensive. Get them at Toys R Us.... and start baby on using that. I use it because whenver we travel, the last thing I want to do at night is sterilizing a whole bunch of things, and then have to pack a zillion things on the day trip..... I agree not necessary to be paranoid with "germs"... however, the last thing a mother needs is a "not feeling well" baby ... esp in the tummy.... so I would definitely use the disposables. I think Avent has them too, but Playtex is the best one in my opinion.
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No need to sterilize in flight.Take an adequate number of closed empty sterilized bottles in a zip lock bag.Carry small containers of pre-measured formula powder and mix each feed as needed. Most airlines carry bottled distilled water. Baby should be used to drinking milk at room temperature not warmed.
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distilled water still needs to be boiled first though right? i thought we would just use the boiling water they use for making tea and coffee?
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dont think they really boil it properly - I usually just use bottled water - has always been fine...
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Most of the planes don't have a microwave and the hot water they offer is generally not very clean. I did a HK-Toronto-London trip with my then 7months old baby and I survived with a set of sterilized bottles and the disposable sterilizing bag from Mothercare. I filled the sterilized bottles with boiled water and stored them in ziplock bags. When all my bottles were used then I washed them with the washing liquid I brought along, and filled the disposable sterilzing bag I bought from Mothercare and dropped the tablet in and sterilized the bottles. Very easy!
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